Improvement in corn-shellers



W. COLWELL.

Corn Sheller.

Patented Oct. 23, 1866.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM COLWELL, OF CHILLICOTIIE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-SHELLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58.986, dated October23, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM COLWELL, of Chillicothe, in the county ofPeoria and State of Illinois, have invented a new and ImprovedOorn-Sheller; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact descrip tion thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in constructinga corn-shellerprovided with a toothed cone, combined with a cleaning and elevatingapparatus, so that the corn is shelled from the cob, and fanned orwiunowed and elevated to any suitable height for putting into sacks orWagons.

' To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 is a top-plan view of my improved corn-sheller. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical sectional elevation of the same from the line X X.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures.

A represents a frame, made of wood, of any suitable dimensions, andpartiallyiucased with wood.

B is a cone, made of wood or metal, and provided with teeth, and securedto the perpendicular shaft 0, which has beat-in gs at the bottom on thebridge-tree I), and at the top in the cross-piece E.

F is the hopper, into which the ears of corn are fed when intended to beshelled. The inside of this popper, at the lower extremity, is made inform to correspond and fit over the cone. The inside of this cone isprovided with ribs or bars that radiate from the center to the outsideor circumference of the lower section of the hopper.

Upon the lower end of the shaft 0 is a beveled gear-wheel, G, which fitsand meshes into a corresponding gear-wheel, H, which is secured and runson the horizontal shaft I, which is provided with journals that run insuitable hearings in the frame A. Upon the outer end of this shaft I isa band-wheel, J, over which a belt, K, passes, and extends and worksover the pulley L, which is located and secured upon the outer end ofthe fan-shaft M, which has bearings secured to the frame A. Upon thisfan-shaft M are secured fans or wings N, which are incase-d in the drum0.

Upon the opposite end of the shaft I from the band-wheel J is a smallpulley, I, over which the belt Q passes, and extends and Works over theband-wheel R, which is secured to the elevator-shaft S, which is locatedand runs in the outer end of the casing of the frame A.

T are pulleys located inside of the frame, and run upon journalstherein, over which the elevator-belts U U work.

V represents any suitable number of slots secured to the belts U U, forthe purpose of carrying up the cobs after having passed through thesheller.

W is a deflecting-board, secured to the frame, and located immediatelyunder the sheller, for the purpose of carrying the corn and cobs ontothe elevator, where the corn is riddled through between the slats andthe cobs carried off and deposited outside the machine.

A is the throat leading from the fan-drum out under and over theelevator, and through which the blast passes that winnows the grain asit falls from the deflecting-board \V onto the elevator and into thespout B from which it is discharged into any proper receptacle orelevated to any desired height.

This corn-sheller is simple, rapid, and per foot in its operation in allits parts in shelling, separating the corn from the cobs and winnowingit, at the same time making or preparing it ready for the market, andsimply consists in putting corn on the cob into the hopper andapplyingany of the \vellhnowu powers to the shaft 0. The whole machineis put in motion, and the ears of corn fall or settle down upon the coneB, when by the action of its teeth the grain is rapidly shelled from thecob, and both are carried down upon the deflecting-board \V, by which itis carried to the elevator, where by the action of the blast from thefan N the hulls are blown off and the cobs are carried out at the end ofthe machine, while the grain is riddled through the elevator andconducted by the deflectingboard G into the spout B, which conducts itinto any proper receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

In combination with the cone B, shaft 0, and hopper I the fan N andelevator U, for the purposes and substantially as herein set forth.

Witnesses:

G. W. UOLWELL, THOMAS Y. CUIRIGHT.

WM. COLW'ELL.

